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Tolls roads do not pay for themselves, and credit rating agencies are finally taking notice. http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/08/05/credit-rating-agencies-uneasy-about-toll-roads-as-americans-drive-less/

Credit Rating Agencies Uneasy About Toll Roads as Americans Drive Less | Streetsblog Capitol Hill Toll roads aren’t the cash cows they used to be. The assumption that the roads will “pay for themselves” is no longer a reliable one, and credit rating agencies are taking notice.

VDOT should work with existing interstate exit-based businesses to install electric car-charging stations rather than compete with the private sector by utilizing taxpayer dollars to establish them at rest areas, NATSO told the agency this week. http://www.natso.com/articles/articles/view/natso-urges-vdot-to-work-with-exit-businesses-to-install-ev-charging .IQnRZrWv.dpuf

NATSO Urges VDOT to Work With Exit Businesses to Install EV Charging - Rest Area... The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) should work with existing interstate exit-based businesses to install electric car-charging stations rather than compete with the private sector by utilizing taxpayer dollars to establish them at rest areas, NATSO told the agency this week.NATSO submi...

As the Washington State DOT seeks to toll I-90, Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) is questioning the legality of such a plan.http://www.mercergov.org/files/Reichert%20to%20USDOT%20I-90%20Letter.pdf

http://www.mercergov.org/files/Reichert%20to%20USDOT%20I-90%20Letter.pdf

"We believe that every other interstate in North Carolina has been improved, simply through the use of the gas tax, and I-95 should be no different." Well said by Ernie Brame of the No Tolls I-95 Coalition! http://www.wncn.com/story/22231026/nc-dot-hears-from-public-on-i-95-expansion-tolls

NC DOT hears from public on I-95 expansion, tolls North Carolina's Department of Transportation is looking to collect more ideas on ways to pay to upgrade Interstate 95, including hearing about the possible cost to businesses of charging tolls.